A clever, perceptive, well written and very readable novel about Ireland, history, lies and stories.
Tag: Irish
Even rich kids can make it if they try
Moving and well written story of family dysfunction, the corruption of wealth and a life shattered by a series of poor decisions.
Irish misery memoir with poverty and hardship galore
A long and unrelenting story of miserable poverty, hard work and bare survival. It’s miserable to read, too, despite often lyrical prose.
A good father takes care of his family
Des is a good father. He loves his wife and children more than anything. So much that he’s determined to take care of them, once and for all.
Love, ageing and friendship in Dublin
Love between friends, between parents and children, between spouses. And that weird, unreliable, deceptive kind of love — being ‘in love’.
Corruption lies beneath
There’s a body in the library of the Big House, but nothing is quite as it appears in Snow, an atmospheric whodunnit set in post-war Ireland.
Compulsive, unpredictable and well-written mystery
American ex-cop in the Irish countryside. Intelligent and well written, it debunks the tourist-brochure stereotypes. A cracking good read.
Well-written, insightful
Where the edge is is about the events surrounding a bus that falls into a sinkhole early one morning in a small town in Ireland. But the bus crash itself
Well paced
Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West is called to investigate a murder in a graveyard in Foxrock, an upscale suburb of Dublin. I thoroughly enjoyed this police procedural. It’s fairly standard
A solid, entertaining and well-written novel
Tragedy and mystery in an Irish village. A strong plot, bursts of humor and interesting, well rounded characters.